Essential1
Hank Scorpio
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Post by Essential1 on Aug 2, 2015 15:42:03 GMT -5
How terribe was he?
He got to work with some of the top guys in the business and it really exposed him IMO, then he continued to look green as chicken puke and looked like he needed to be carried. f***sake, Carlito even carried him.
I will say though he was a much better performer when he returned years later and seemed to suit the babyface role a lot more.
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keezy
Dennis Stamp
full time slacker
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Post by keezy on Aug 2, 2015 15:56:55 GMT -5
Baffles me how he was barely on TV from 2009-2012 when he had actually improved.
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Post by Red Impact on Aug 2, 2015 15:59:04 GMT -5
WWE booking regarding new people was pretty bad at that time. It seemed like there was no middle ground between being hotshotted and being totally irrelevent. And if you failed at the first, then you had no choice but to be the second.
Honestly, it's still not great, but it's better than it was then.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2015 16:01:23 GMT -5
I remember really liking his match with HBK at I think Unforgiven.
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mizerable
Fry's dog Seymour
You're the lowest on the totem pole here, Alva. The lowest.
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Post by mizerable on Aug 2, 2015 16:04:12 GMT -5
Didn't help that they debuted him a week before Wrestlemania 21, when didn't even have a match on the card.
Talk about killing someone's heat right away.
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chrom
Backup Wench
Master of the rare undecuple post
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Post by chrom on Aug 2, 2015 16:08:19 GMT -5
I remember when he returned in late 2006 from his suspension and they were hyping him up and the Master Lock back up again.
And he goes and loses to Super Crazy
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Nosnorb
El Dandy
Nachos and Fraggle Rock are TIMELESS.
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Post by Nosnorb on Aug 2, 2015 16:11:20 GMT -5
Didn't help that they debuted him a week before Wrestlemania 21, when didn't even have a match on the card. Talk about killing someone's heat right away. He nearly killed Stevie Richards in that match with the Polish Hammer. Masters was so green and was possibly the most juiced up guy on the roster at that stage, so something like that was bound to happen. |
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Essential1
Hank Scorpio
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Post by Essential1 on Aug 3, 2015 9:23:54 GMT -5
He looked so much older than he was.
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Push R Truth
Patti Mayonnaise
Unique and Special Snowflake, and a pants-less heathen.
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Post by Push R Truth on Aug 3, 2015 9:25:23 GMT -5
I liked Chris Masters.
Then I met him in person and realized he's seriously one of the most likeable dudes in the industry. The guy is just nice in a completely sincere way.
Now I love Chris Masters... in that totally not sexual way.
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Aug 3, 2015 9:29:16 GMT -5
He was bad in ring at first, but his entrance was goddamn awesome, with the posing in-time with the music.
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Chiral
Salacious Crumb
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Post by Chiral on Aug 3, 2015 10:09:55 GMT -5
I liked Chris Masters. Then I met him in person and realized he's seriously one of the most likeable dudes in the industry. The guy is just nice in a completely sincere way. Now I love Chris Masters... in that totally not sexual way. That's awesome. I remember around late 05 that people who met him said the same thing, saying he was so nice that he should never have been a heel. |
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Gummydavidson
Dennis Stamp
Johnny Davidson for Prime Minister!
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Post by Gummydavidson on Aug 3, 2015 10:13:28 GMT -5
They should have waited a couple more years to bring him up from developmental.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Aug 3, 2015 10:17:01 GMT -5
He was bad in ring at first, but his entrance was goddamn awesome, with the posing in-time with the music. Yeah, his original entrance was awesome. Didn't help that they debuted him a week before Wrestlemania 21, when didn't even have a match on the card. Talk about killing someone's heat right away. He nearly killed Stevie Richards in that match with the Polish Hammer. Masters was so green and was possibly the most juiced up guy on the roster at that stage, so something like that was bound to happen. He also never used the Polish Hammer before and was told to go out and do it by the agent that match which is part of why it happened. |
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Sephiroth
Wade Wilson
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Post by Sephiroth on Aug 3, 2015 10:51:56 GMT -5
I liked Chris Masters. Then I met him in person and realized he's seriously one of the most likeable dudes in the industry. The guy is just nice in a completely sincere way. Now I love Chris Masters... in that totally not sexual way. I think that's part of why he sucked as a heel but started to take off as a face. He just wasn't meant to play the heel. |
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Dub H
Crow T. Robot
Captain Pixel: the Game Master
I ❤ Aniki
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Post by Dub H on Aug 3, 2015 11:26:09 GMT -5
But his Face Run in 2011-2012 thought  |
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gr1990
Don Corleone
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Post by gr1990 on Aug 3, 2015 13:54:23 GMT -5
I liked Chris Masters. Then I met him in person and realized he's seriously one of the most likeable dudes in the industry. The guy is just nice in a completely sincere way. Now I love Chris Masters... in that totally not sexual way. Seconded. Met him a few times, he's a true gent. |
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Madagascar Fred
El Dandy
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Post by Madagascar Fred on Aug 3, 2015 14:03:12 GMT -5
Always came across like a great guy irl, never heard/saw a bad word about him
Why didn't he get the Mason Ryan/Ezekiel midcard push in 2011??
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Post by Limity (BLM) on Aug 3, 2015 14:17:08 GMT -5
RAW was really horrible at that time, with the exception of the Batista push. Masters came out with the most unoriginal gimmick they could come up with. It's like during that time the only gimmicks they had were redneck and narcissist / male model.
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Pushed to the Moon
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Tony Schiavone in Disguise
Working myself into a shoot
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Post by Pushed to the Moon on Aug 3, 2015 14:50:53 GMT -5
He was bad in ring at first, but his entrance was goddamn awesome, with the posing in-time with the music. King used to be amazing during his entrance telling everyone to shut up. I used to love the Masterlock Challenge too. |
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rippo
Bubba Ho-Tep
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Post by rippo on Aug 3, 2015 15:49:58 GMT -5
He was much better the first time round. He actually had a gimmick.
When they brought him back and gave him that horribly generic theme, I cringed a little bit. It's like he wasn't allowed to be good.
Sure he had improved in the ring and had good matches on Superstars but since when has that ever worked out for anybody? He needed to be The Masterpiece again.
tbh I hope they bring him back. But only if he's like what he was at the beginning.
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